Support Article

How To Search Guide
Search for:
clear search

Docket Number

Key Dates

Filing Date

Settlement / Judgment Date

Terminating Date

Plaintiffs

Defendants

Case Details

Outcome

Issues

MORE▾

Document Details

Document Filing Date

MORE▾

Document Citation (Choose One)

Use this for most court reporters

S.Ct. reporter and WL only

LEXIS and L.Ed. only

Search for:

Support Article

How To Search Guide
46 cases, 128,959 documents
Ordered by
PRISON CONDITIONS
Armstrong v. Newsom

4:94-cv-02307 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 29, 1994

On June 29, 1994, eleven California state prisoners and parolees with disabilities filed this lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections—now the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”)—in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California. Represented by the Prison Law Office, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, and private counsel, the plaintiffs alleged that the CDCR had discriminated against them and all others similarly situat…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Gillespie v. Dimensions Health Corporation

8:05-cv-00073 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 2005

Closed Date: 2006

By a complaint filed on January 11, 2005, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, and amended on March 15, 2005, seven deaf plaintiffs alleged that the defendant, a corporation operating a hospital, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (''ADA''), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794, by failing to provide plaintiffs with an appropriate auxiliary aid necessary to ensure effective communication, thereby denying them (or in one i…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Davis v. Keypoint Credit Union

09-451050 | California state trial court

Filed Date: May 7, 2009

Closed Date: Aug. 31, 2011

A California class action, filed May 7, 2009 alleges KeyPoint Credit Union, a 30-year-old institution, has 10 branches with 80,000 members, discriminates against deaf customers by refusing to accept relay calls. Disability Rights Advocates, on behalf of two hearing impaired Alameda County residents, contends the Silicon Valley-based credit union violates state and federal law for failing to accept calls made via communication-assisted devices.Plaintiffs allege KeyPoint requires those who are h…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Ulibarri v. City and County of Denver

1:07-cv-01814 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2007

Closed Date: 2012

On August 28, 2007, three deaf individuals and two deaf advocacy groups filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the City and County of Denver, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Rehabilitation Act. The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, the Center for the Rights of Parents with Disabilities, and private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
[Out of court: Illinois Attorney General settlement with AMC Theatres]

Not applicable | No Court

Filed Date: 2012

In 2012, AMC Theaters operated 41 theaters in Illinois, with a total of 460 movie theater screens, few if any of which were fully accessible to patrons who were blind, visually impaired, deaf, or hard-of-hearing because they lacked captioning and visual description technology. At the time, AMC was in the process of converting all but three of the auditoriums to feature digital projectors. On April 4, 2012, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced a Settlement Agreement between the Illin…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Rodriguez v. County of El Paso

3:11-cv-00389 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 21, 2011

Closed Date: July 9, 2012

This jail conditions case was brought in December 2011 by a deaf man who speaks American Sign Language and has little or no ability to lip read. He has very limited ability to read or write in either Spanish or English. On March 2011, he was arrested and detained by El Paso County Sheriff's deputies and taken to the Downtown Detention Facility. His repeated requests for an interpreter were ignored. Late that night, he was driven to a store and approached by a woman whom the officers described a…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
National Association of the Deaf v. Netflix

3:11-cv-30168 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 16, 2011

Closed Date: 2016

The National Association of the Deaf, Western Massachusetts Association of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, and a deaf Massachusetts resident belonging to both organizations, brought this case under the Americans with Disabilities Act against Netflix. The plaintiffs alleged that by failing to provide closed captioned text to its on-demand movie and television streaming service known as "Watch Instantly," Netflix failed to provided full and equal access to the deaf and hard of hearing. The lawsuit…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Hubbard v. Potter

1:03-cv-01062 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 14, 2003

Closed Date: 2013

On May 14, 2003, deaf and hard-of-hearing employees of the United States Postal Service, on their own behalf and on behalf of a class of people similarly situated, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service in his official capacity, under The Rehabilitation Act 29 U.S.C. § 791 et. seq. after beginning an action with the EEOC that stalled for about seven months. The plaintiffs, represented by private …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Tyson v. Grant County Sheriff

1:07-cv-00010 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Jan. 19, 2007

Closed Date: 2013

On January 19, 2007, an Indiana county jail inmate, represented by the ACLU, filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana against Grant County, Indiana, over overcrowding in the Grant County Jail. Plaintiff alleged that overcrowding in the jail had resulted in a substantial degradation of jail conditions, including frequent fighting among inmates, inadequate food, and lack of access to exercise and recreational facilities. He alleged that the r…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled v. Bloomberg

1:11-cv-06690 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2011

On September 26, 2011, individuals with disabilities and several related organizations filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against New York City and its mayor under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ("Rehabilitation Act"), 29 U.S.C. § 701, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131 et seq., and the New York City Human Rights Law ("NYCHRL"), New York City Admin. Code §§ 8-101 et seq. Plaintiffs…